Variable Details
Available Studies
MAP, MARS
Categories
Affect and Personality
Disorderliness
Novelty seeking subscale: Disorderliness - Sum of 9 items
This variable is only available in MAP.
Disorderliness is measured using the 9-item disorderliness subscale of the novelty seeking scale. The novelty seeking scale comes from the Temperament and Character Inventory and consists of four subscales: exploratory excitability, impulsiveness, extravagance, and disorderliness.
Participants are asked to respond true/mostly true or false/mostly false to each item. The subscale score ranges form 0 to 9 and is the number of item responses indicative of the trait. Higher scores indicate disorderliness while lower scores indicate regimentation.
Participants are presented the following items:
| Item no. | Item | Coding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I lose my temper more quickly than most people. | True = 1 |
| 2 | I like it when people can do whatever they want without strict rules and regulations. | True = 1 |
| 3 | I am usually able to get other people to believe me, even when I know that what I am saying is exaggerated or untrue. | True = 1 |
| 4 | I can usually do a good job of stretching the truth to tell a funnier story or to play a joke on someone. | True = 1 |
| 5 | Even when most people feel it is not important, I often insist on things being done in a strict and orderly way. | False = 1 |
| 6 | I almost never get so excited that I lose control of myself. | False = 1 |
| 7 | I often break the rules and regulations when I think I can get away with it. | True = 1 |
| 8 | I am not very good at talking my way out of trouble when I am caught doing something wrong. | False = 1 |
| 9 | I have trouble telling a lie, even when it is meant to spare someone else's feelings. | False = 1 |
Response choices for each item:
| Coding | Response |
|---|---|
| True | True or mostly true |
| False | False or mostly false |
Note: The subscale score is calculated if at least half of the items are non-missing.
Reference (not in PubMed): Cloninger CR, Przybeck TR, Svrakic DM, Wetzel RD. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI): A guide to its development and use. St. Louis, MO: Center for Psychobiology of Personality. 1993.